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Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) is a statutory entity responsible for ensuring that the New Zealand health system meets the needs of Māori. It will work in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand to achieve the following stated goals:
All four dimensions are necessary for strength and stability. [3] Other models of hauora have been designed. For example, in 1997, Lewis Moeau, iwi leader and later cultural advisor for the Prime Minister suggested that a fifth dimension, whenua (connection with the land), be added to the original model. [4]
Dr Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid, Professor and Head of Department of Maori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland [10] Haimona "Simon" Snowden, respected kaumātua, orator and waiata composer; Ngāwini Yates, a storekeeper, businesswoman and farmer in the later part of the 19th century
The Maori Health Authority, or Te Aka Whai Ora, was established in 2022 to improve health outcomes of Maori, which lag the broader population. Maori make up 17% of the country's population.
The Ministry of Health (Māori: Manatū Hauora) is the public service department of New Zealand responsible for healthcare in New Zealand. It came into existence in its current form in 1993. The organisation was founded in 1901 as the Department of Public Health in 1901, and was renamed to Department of Health in 1922.
Whānau Ora (Māori for "healthy families") is a major contemporary indigenous health initiative in New Zealand, driven by Māori cultural values. Its core goal is to empower communities and extended families to support families within the community context rather than individuals within an institutional context.
Moxon is currently the managing director of Te Kōhao Health in Hamilton, [4] [2] chair of the National Urban Māori Authority (NUMA), and is a Chartered Fellow with the Institute of Directors. [ 5 ] In 2020, Moxon received the Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science, for her dedication to improving the physical and mental wellbeing of ...
Stewart has also served as a member of the National Health Committee, the Public Health Advisory Committee and the Health Workforce Advisory Committee. She was a member of the ACC Review Committee, the Treaty of Waitangi Public Information Advisory Programme Board, the Maori Rural Training Consortium and is a past president of the New Zealand ...